Wear plate for straps



March 6, 1928.

A. B. HAGELIN WEAR PLATE FOR STRAPS y Filed sept. 23. 1926 ill) Patented Mar. 6, 1928.

ALFRED B. HAGELIN, or CLEVELAND,

oHIo, nssreNon To THEEERARD MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, .A VCO)S-15OIR-A'IION OF OHIO.

lwennv PLATE nony STRAPS.

Application ined september 23, i926.

The present invention relates to wear plates for straps, and more especially to what is known in the harness industry as a harness hook, which is adapted to be received in the bightof a leather strap to receive a ring and shield the strap from wear.

The invention relates particularly to the format-ion and attachment of a strap-receiving slide loop or loops to the wear plate or hook.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective View of a harness wear plate or hook embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view or the same harness hook shown bent over to hold a ring, the harness strap and ring being indicated in dotted lines;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section through the wear plate;

Figure 4 is a section along the line IV-IV of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view showing one of the loops detached;

Figure 6 is a view partly in section showing a modification;

Figure 7 is another View partly in section showing a modification; and

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the loops used in Figure Referring to the drawings, reference numeral l indicates a metal wear plate having a wear hook 2, curved to fit within the bight of a flexible leather' strap 3, indicated in dotted lines. The hook is adapted to receive a ring 4. Vhen the wear plate is assembled in a harness strap, the hook portion 2 is usually bent over to embrace the ring 4, as shown in Figure 2. The hook takes the wear of the ring and thus prevents the bight of the strap from becoming worn by contact with the metal ring 4.

The ring 4 is shownas a round ring, but may, ot course, be in any form, such as a D-shaped ring. The wear plate l has its other end bent over to form a loop-receiving eye 5, in which is received the slide loops 6 and 7. As shown in the drawings, the end of the wear plate is bent back against-itself at 8, thus securely enclosing and concealing" the ends of the loops.

As shown particularly in Figures 4 and 5, the loops 6 and 7 are made from metal strips which are bent into rectangular form. The free ends 9 of these strips, as above noted,

serial No. 137,259.

are held and concealed kWithin the eye formed by the bent-over end of the wear plate.

In the form shown in Figures l, 2, 3 and 4, two loops are employed to hold the strap at each side of thehook. However, a single loop may be employed, if desired, as. shown in Figure 6. The loop may be placed on the side of the wear pla-tefrom which the hook projects, as shown in Figure 6, or on the opposite side of the wear plate as desired.

While it is preferred to make the loops from metal'strips Vformed as shown in Figures l to 6, the loops may be formed of a single malleable casting l0, as shown in Figures 7 and '8, the center bar of which will be gripped within the bent-over end of the wear plate. In the claims, the word periphery,

is used in a generic sense to include either the periphery of a loop or loops as shown in Figures l to 6, inclusive,v or the center bar of an element such as the casting l0 shown in Figures 7 and 8.

The invention is particularly applicable for the wear plates or hooks for harnesses in which a metal ring is to be held in the f bight of a leather strap. The wear plate or jhook may, however, be used for other purposes and with flexible straps ofmaterial other than leather, which it is desired to protect from the wear of a metal ring or some part extending through the bight in the strap.

Vhile I have specifically illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of m invention, it is to be understood that `the invention is not so limited, but may be other-y i wise embodied within the scope of the following claims.

Iclaim;

. 9 l. A wear plate curved to fit within the bight of a flexible strap and having a loopreceiving' eye, and a strap-receiving loop, a portion of the periphery of which is held within the eye of the Wear plate.

2. A wear plate having i a hooked end adapted to fit within the bight of a flexible strap and having its opposite end bent over to form a loop-receiving eye, and a strapreceiving loop, a portion of the periphery of which is held rigidly Within the eye of the wear plate.

3. A wear plate having a hooked end adapted to lit within the bight of a flexible strap and having its other end bent over to form a` loop-receiving eye7 :incl e strap-re- 5. A wear plate having :L hooked end ceiving loop formed of a. bent strip of metal adapted to fit within the bight of :1 flexible having its free ends held within and con- Stmp and having its other end bent over eealed by the eye of the Wear plate. to form a loop-receiving eye.1md oppositely l Il. A Wear plate curved to fit Within the extending metal loops, each formed of' n. hight ot a flexible strap and having :L bentmetal strip, having their free ends held withover portion forming a. loop-receiving eye, in and concealed by the eye of the wen 1' plate. und 11 metal strap-receiving loop, a portion' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set of the periphery of which is clamped Withmy hand.

1l in the bent-over portion of' the Wear plate. ALFRED B. HAGELN. 

